ornithophagous etymology

English word ornithophagous comes from English ornitho- (Of or pertaining to birds.), English -phagous (Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".)

Detailed word origin of ornithophagous

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
ornitho- English (eng) Of or pertaining to birds.
-phagous English (eng) Used to form adjectives meaning "eating" or "feeding on".
ornithophagous English (eng) That feeds on birds.

Words with the same origin as ornithophagous

Descendants of ornitho-
ornithichnology ornithochory ornithogenic ornithogeography ornithoid ornitholite ornithomancy ornithomorph ornithonym ornithophilia ornithophilous ornithophily ornithophobe ornithophobia ornithopod ornithoscopy ornithosis ornithotic ornithotomy
Descendants of -phagous
ampelophagous androphagous anthophagous anthropophagous bacteriophagous entomophagous geophagous haematophagous histiophagous lithophagous mycetophagous mycophagous nematophagous oligophagous oophagous ophiophagous ostreophagous pantophagous phytophagous polyphagous saproxylophagous xylophagous zoophagous zoöphagous